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Acta Physiologica 2012; Volume 206, Supplement 693
Joint FEPS and Spanish Physiological Society Scientific Congress 2012
9/8/2012-9/11/2012
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
THE IMPORTANCE OF CLASS ATTENDANCE FOR LEARNING PHYSIOLOGY USING TRADITIONAL VS. NON TRADITIONAL TEACHING APPROACHES
Abstract number: P249
Gal1 B, Garrido2 C, Busturia3 I
1Ciencias Biomdicas Bsicas, Universidad Europea de Madrid,
2Ciencias Morfolgicas y Biomedicina , Universidad Europea de Madrid,
3Departamento de Estadistica e Investigacon operativa, Universidad Complutense
Objectives:
To look at the impact of class attendance on academic performance in Physiology teaching using innovative methods
Materials:
We performed a comparative study between a control group receiving information through traditional methods and an experimental group submitted to new methodologies in Physiology teaching.
Results:
We found that while mean examination scores were similar in the control and the experimental group, a different picture emerge when data are organized according to four categorical attendance levels. In the experimental group, scores were not different between the 1st and the 2nd exams (P = 0.429) nor between the 2nd and the 3rd exams (P = 0.225) for students that never or poorly attend classes, in contrast to the control group (P < 0.001). A score difference between attending students versus the absentees was maximal in the experimental versus the control group all along the different exams and in the final score
Conclusions:
Our data suggest that class attendance is critical for learning using non-traditional methods.
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Acta Physiologica 2012; Volume 206, Supplement 693 :P249